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Ted Jack Kaptchuk

Professor of Medicine
617-945-7827

Ted J. Kaptchuk is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  He is also a professor of Global Health and Social Medicine.  

For more information, see his personal website.

Affiliation:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Address: 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

As a leading figure in placebo studies, a scholar of East Asian medicine, and an academic authority on medical pluralism, Professor Kaptchuk's career has spanned multiple disciplines, drawing upon concepts, research designs and analytical methods from the humanities and basic and clinical and social sciences.

Placebo analgesia: findings from brain imaging studies and emerging hypotheses.
Authors: Authors: Kong J, Kaptchuk TJ, Polich G, Kirsch I, Gollub RL.
Rev Neurosci
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Acupuncture trials and informed consent.
Authors: Authors: Miller FG, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Med Ethics
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The effect of Gua Sha treatment on the microcirculation of surface tissue: a pilot study in healthy subjects.
Authors: Authors: Nielsen A, Knoblauch NT, Dobos GJ, Michalsen A, Kaptchuk TJ.
Explore (NY)
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Developing a research strategy for acupuncture.
Authors: Authors: Lewith GT, White PJ, Kaptchuk TJ.
Clin J Pain
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Investigating placebo effects in irritable bowel syndrome: a novel research design.
Authors: Authors: Conboy LA, Wasserman RH, Jacobson EE, Davis RB, Legedza AT, Park M, Rivers AL, Morey EB, Nam BH, Lasagna L, Kirsch I, Lembo AJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Kerr CE.
Contemp Clin Trials
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Standardization of individualized treatments in a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation.
Authors: Authors: Schnyer RN, Wayne PM, Kaptchuk TJ, Cheng X, Zhang Z, Stason WB.
J Altern Complement Med
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Sham device v inert pill: randomised controlled trial of two placebo treatments.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Stason WB, Davis RB, Legedza AR, Schnyer RN, Kerr CE, Stone DA, Nam BH, Kirsch I, Goldman RH.
BMJ
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Brain activity associated with expectancy-enhanced placebo analgesia as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Authors: Authors: Kong J, Gollub RL, Rosman IS, Webb JM, Vangel MG, Kirsch I, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Neurosci
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Systematic review of the effects of ginseng on cardiovascular risk factors.
Authors: Authors: Buettner C, Yeh GY, Phillips RS, Mittleman MA, Kaptchuk TJ.
Ann Pharmacother
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The association between psychopathology and placebo analgesia in patients with discogenic low back pain.
Authors: Authors: Wasan AD, Kaptchuk TJ, Davar G, Jamison RN.
Pain Med
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